Ronaldo moved, in a big surprise, to the Al-Nasr club after the last World Cup, to end his career in European stadiums, and to obtain a historic salary which places him among the highest paid in history athletes in general. .
Following his recent meltdown with France’s Paris Saint-Germain, Lionel Messi refused to renew his contract with the French capital club, so rumors swirled about him moving to Saudi Blue, coinciding with his visit to the Kingdom from Saudi Arabia.
Reports say that Messi received 400 million euros per season in exchange for agreeing to play for Saudi club Al-Hilal, which is double what Cristiano Ronaldo receives.
Back to the historical conflict
• With Cristiano’s transfer to the Saudi League, the pens that were busy recording his numbers in Europe compared to Messi dried up, and the goal counter between them and contributions to colleagues stopped, and the Argentine chose all the numbers he had to break all alone in Europe, but the world champion can leave all that behind and return to his personal struggle with Ronaldo in a new Arab stadium.
• History has so far recorded 1023 matches for Messi, in which he scored 805 goals and 356 assists, while Ronaldo played 1163 matches, in which he scored 835 goals and 236 assists. The Portuguese scored a goal every 113 minutes, compared to one every 105 minutes for the Argentine.
• Messi and Ronaldo have played 36 games against each other in their career full of competition for individual and collective titles, in which the Argentine has been superior in wins and goals.
• Messi won 16 games to Ronaldo’s 11 and scored 22 goals to his Portuguese counterpart’s 21. Matches have taken place entirely in the Spanish league, European Champions League, Copa del Rey de España and Super Cup. Spain, and the international friendly matches between Argentina and Portugal.
Change in the atmosphere of the tournament
• The Saudi League has had a huge boost with the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo to its ranks, and the media and news agencies have gone global every week, with particular coverage of the events of the tournament and what the Portuguese legend is up to in the competition. each round and its competition for the individual titles.
• With Messi’s transfer to the Saudi League, the competition will receive double media attention due to the return of the usual conflict between him and Ronaldo, in addition to the leadership of each player in a team which is competing strongly for local and continental championships after the main reinforcements of each team.
• Ronaldo faced plenty of cheers in his hometown clashes in Saudi Arabia from the opponent’s supporters who chanted Messi in an attempt to provoke him, and the opposite will happen when Lionel moves to the Saudi League, where some chant Cristiano’s name against him. , as it happened in European stadiums.
• The Saudi League will turn into an arena for the possible final battle between Ronaldo and Messi, as both are set to retire, and the Arab station could be the last that history will record in the bilateral dispute between them , which could extend to 20 years.
• The Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal clashes will grow in importance with the presence of Ronaldo and Messi, and they will have a global following. They may resemble the Clasico clashes between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​and the International channels can race to retransmit the confrontations on their screens, which increases the importance and value of the Saudi competition.
• Messi’s transfer, accompanied by Ronaldo, to the Saudi League will pave the way for other major transfers as big names have started to be linked with the move to Saudi League clubs, such as Spanish duo Sergio Ramos and Sergio Busquets, and the Croatian Luka Modric, with the names of great coaches such as Luis Enrique, Jose Mourinho and others.
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